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Rayleigh-Bénard convection

Rayleigh-Bénard convection noun: a type of natural convection, occurring in a planar horizontal layer of fluid heated from below, in which the fluid develops a regular pattern of convection cells known as Bénard cells.

Noun

Rayleigh-Bénard convection (countable and uncountable, plural Rayleigh-Bénard convections)

  1. A type of natural convection, occurring in a planar horizontal layer of fluid heated from below, in which the fluid develops a regular pattern of convection cells known as Bénard cells.

Forms of Rayleigh-Bénard convection

pluralRayleigh-Bénard convections

Origin of Rayleigh-Bénard convection

Named after Henri Bénard and John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh.

Questions about Rayleigh-Bénard convection

What does Rayleigh-Bénard convection mean?
Rayleigh-Bénard convection means a type of natural convection, occurring in a planar horizontal layer of fluid heated from below, in which the fluid develops a regular pattern of convection cells known as Bénard cells.
What part of speech is Rayleigh-Bénard convection?
Rayleigh-Bénard convection is a noun.
What is the plural of Rayleigh-Bénard convection?
The plural of Rayleigh-Bénard convection is Rayleigh-Bénard convections.

Words near Rayleigh-Bénard convection in the dictionary

  1. Rayleigh scattering
  2. Rayleigh scatterings
  3. Rayleigh wave
  4. Rayleigh waves
  5. Rayleigh's resolution limit
  6. Rayleigh-Bénard convection
  7. Rayleigh-Bénard convections
  8. Rayleigh-Jeans law
  9. Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities
  10. Rayleigh-Taylor instability
  11. rayleighs

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